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Every time you turn around, you run into Excel. It’s on your
PC at work. It’s on your PC at home. You get Excel files from
your boss. Wouldn’t you like to understand this powerful
Microsoft Office spreadsheet program, once and for all? Now, you
can crunch financial data, add sparkle to presentations, convert
static lists of numbers into impressive charts, and discover what
all the shouting’s about regarding databases, formulas, and
cells. You may even decide that getting organized with a good
spreadsheet is downright useful and fun!

Flip open Excel 2003 For Dummies, and you’ll
quickly start getting the basics of Excel in plain English. Written
for the rest of us, this down-to-earth book gently shows you how
to:

Create a spreadsheet from scratch

Apply the basics of formatting cells

Take on database forms—even add records—and
prevail

Get organized and stay that way

Save worksheets as Web pages for your company intranet

In a clear and easy-to-understand style, veteran software
trainer and technology writer Greg Harvey explains the basics of
worksheets and workbooks, how to enter data and work
with formulas, and how to print your masterpieces. When
you’re feeling very bold, he’ll have you adding
comments and pictures, saving files with security protection, and
learning to zip between multiple worksheets in a workbook with
ease. And there’s much more:

Clip and save the Top Ten Beginner Basics of Excel 2003

Pay heed to the Top Ten Commandments of Excel 2003

Impress your colleagues by creating a company org chart

Re-open those documents and add or edit new data with
aplomb

Move between these sheets without trouble

Decipher and take charge of helpful tools and commands such as
Sort, Filter, Format Cells, and PivotTable

You’ll finally be able to stop pestering the Excel experts
in your office. Become your own expert with the friendly and
down-to-earth practical instruction you’ll find in Excel
2003 For Dummies.